Toll in Kenya university attack rises to 147

Nairobi: The toll in the terrorist attack on Kenya’s Garissa University College on Thursday has risen to 147, according to media reports.

The Daily Nation reported that bodies of the guards of the university were strewn near the university’s main gate.

A police official said that there was a shootout between the attackers and police officers who were guarding the students’ hostels.

“The attackers shot indiscriminately while inside the university compound.

“However, the attackers retreated and gained entry into the hostels… (A) joint force composed of National Police Service Commission (NPS) officers and other security agencies arrived and are engaged in an elaborative process of flushing out the gunmen from the hostels,” he said in a statement posted on his Twitter account.